The Protestant Experience in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1975: At Home in the City
By James W. Lewis.
Description
The Protestant Experience in Gary, Indiana revises our view of the mainstream Protestant response to the industrial city. Until now, Scholars have viewed twentieth-century Protestant churches as fundamentally antiurban. This study, one of the few systematically examining the twentieth-century history of Protestant urban congregations in a controlled and comparative manner, demonstrates that these churches in fact were capable of responsible and even creative adaptations to urban life and conditions.Tracing the histories of First Presbyterian and City Methodist churches in the steel city of ...
ISBN(s)
0870497375, 9780870497377
